Single-burner flat-iron heater.



R. M. G. PHILLIPS.

SINGLE BURNER FLAT IRON HEATER.

APPLICATION 21mm 11.27, 1914.

1 1 09,936, Patented Sept. 8, 1914'.

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R. M. G. PHILLIPS. SINGLE BURNER FLAT IRON HEATER.

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1 1 09,936 Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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@ 'rnn srn'rns PATENT onmon ROSS M. e. PHILLIPS, or wnsr HAVEN,CONNECTICUT, assrenon TO THE ,SENTIN'EL AUTOMATIC ens APPLIANCE 00., OFNEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SINGLE-BURNER FLAT-IRON HEATER.

Application filed March 27, 1914. Serial NO. 827,530.

' Burner Flat-Iron Heaters; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application,and represent, in-

Figure 1 a plan view of an automatic single-burner fiat-iron heaterconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 a view thereof infront elevation with a fiat-iron indicated by broken lines in positionfor being heated. Fig. 3 a view in vertical transverse section on theline aeb of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 a view of the heater in vertical longitudinalsection on the line c.cZ of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 a schematic view showing afiat-iron being heated with the iron-operated valvevoperating lever inits normal or-elevated position in which the gas-valve is open. Fig.

. 6 a schematic view showing the burner extinguished by the use of acold flat-iron for depressing the iron-operated valve operating lever..Fig. 7 a schematicview showing the nose of a hot fiat-iron engaged withone side of a cold flat-iron preparatory to pushing the latter off thelever to release the same for the relighting of the burner. Fig. 8 aschematic view showing the-cold fiat-iron as pushed Over the burner bythe nose of the hot flat-iron, the iron-operated lever released and theburner re-lighted.

My invention relates to an improved gasburning flat-iron heater, theObject being to provide a simple and convenient device for i the heatingof a single iron at a time, two

irons being used alternately and the flame being automaticallyextinguished prior to theremoval of the heated iron fromthe heater toguard against the .scorching of the hands of the ironer. p

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a gas-burningflat-iron" heater having certain details of constructionand combinationsof parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in, theclaims.

In carrying out myinvention as herein shown, I

Specification of Letters'latent.

employ an iron-Operated valve I Patented Sept.8, 1914.

operating member 2 in the form of a lever having a flat-iron arm 3 whichis normally lifted above the horizontal plane or workmg surface 4 of anoblong gridiron or grill 5 supported upon an oblong heater-frame 6having legs? at' its corners. The said lever 2 is mounted upon arock-shaft 8 located below the grill 5, journaled at its ends in thesaid frame 6 and having the Outer end of the lever 2 secured to it by ascrew 9. At its inner end the lever2 is formed with a clearance notch 10and is turned downward to produce a supporting-arm 11 having a notch 12adapting the said arm to be engaged with the forward end of a horizontalvalve-actuating lever 13 hung upon a screw-stud 14 and having its rearend slotted as at 15 for the reception of the cranked end 16 of therotary valve-stem 17 of a normally closed valve 18. A helical spring 19connected with the lever'13 in front of the screw-stud 14 exerts aconstant effort to hold the lever 2 in its elevated position in whichits arm 3 extends above the plane 4 of the grill-5. In this position ofthe lever 2, the valve-stem 17 is turned by the lever 13 into positionfor closing the valve 18 which has a T-shaped valve-body the. inletendof which is provided with a gas connection 19 leading to any convenientsource of gas-supply. The said inlet-end of the valve 18 is formed witha pilot-light nipple 20 having a regulating-screw 21 as shown in Fig. 1.From the nipple 20, a, small pilotlight tube 22 leads forwardto the lefthand side of a burner 23 which is provided along its edges with a seriesof burner-nipples 24. The outlet-end of the valve 18 is furnished with aregulating-screw 25 and enters a conical mixing-chamber 26 cast integralwith the rear end of the burner which is also cast with two integral,alined hubs 27 one of. which receives the screw-stud :14 of" the lever13. The burner 23 extends from front to rear under a burner-frame formedintegral with anddepending from the grill 5 and comprising side bars 28andcross were, the central portion or heating-section of the grill 5 theright hand end of which may be called its shut-OE section, and its lefthand end, its storage-section. The forward ends of the side bars 28. areextended to form suspense-mugs 3o resting upon the bars 29. The burnerframe forms, as it front of the heater-frame 6 and at their rear ends toform suspension-lugs 31 resting upon the rear side thereof. The frontcrossbar 29 is extended downward as at 82 to form a bracket receiving asuspension-stud 33 located at theforward end of the burner 23 the rearend of which is provided with an upwardly extending suspension-flange34: fastened by a screw 35 to the rear of the heater-frame 6. To preventthe lateral displacement or" the valve-operating lever 2,

the right hand bar 28' of the burner-frame is formed with a pair ofvertical lugs 36 between which the inner end of the lever plays up anddown.

As shown, theri'ght hand end of the heatenframe 6 is furnished withupstanding guard lugs 37 while the overhanging left hand end of thegrill is provided with corresponding but smaller guard lugs '38.

The operation of my improved flat-iron heater is graphically illustratedby schematic Figs. 5 and 8 inclusive of the drawings. Gas having beenturned on at the source of supply and lighted at the burner 23, aflatiron A is set upon the burner-frame forming the middle orheating-section of the grill supply of in position to clear, as shown inFigs. 4: and 6, the upstanding-tirin of the lever 2 which is for thispurpose formed with the notch 10 as described' When the iron A is hot, acold iron B is placed upon the right hand end or shut-oitsection of thegrill 4, whereby the lever2 is depressed by its flat-iron arm 3 against;the tension of the spring 19 and the valve 18 closedso as to shut offthe as to the burner 23, and eXtinguish the fame the'reat as shown byschematic Fig. 6, except for the pilot-light. The hot iron A may now beremoved by the ironer without any danger of scorching her hand, sincethe fiame has been extinguished. The nose of the hot iron A is now used,as shown in schematic Fig. 7, to push the cold iron B over upon theburner-frame or heating section of the' grill 5, andhence over theburner 23' which is' now immediately relighted from the pilot-lightowing to the fact that the lever 2 is released to the action of thespring-l9 which operates the lever 13 in opening the valve '18 whichthen begins to supply gas to the burner 23' as shown in Fig. 8. Ofcourse the particular method of tree will be varied within limitsaccording to the pleasure of the'iron'er using the heater. Ordinarilytwo irons will be simultaneously heated in thefirst placeby beingarranged side by side over the burner 23 lengthwise of the grill 5.Being placed lengthwise, they will" clear the lever. 2 and permit thesame i to remain in it's elevated position in which the gas valve 18 isleft open, the arm 3 of can; a an patent may t obtained a the lever 2then standing up between the adjacent sides of the two irons.

I claim 1. In a gas-burning flat-iron heater, the

combination with a grill, of a burner located beneath the same, a valvefor the burner, a V

flat-iron operated valve-operating member normally rising above theplane or the grill. in position to be cleared by a flat-lron when thesame is in position to be heated, and

means for connecting the said valve and member for automatically closingthe for: mer by the depression of the latter.

2. Ina gas-burning fiat-iron heater, the.

combination with a' grill, of a burner located beneath the same, a valvefor the burner, a pivotal flat-iron operated valve-operating leverpivoted below the grill and normally rising above the plane thereof inposition to be cleared by a flat-iron when the same is in position to beheated, means connecting the i i said valve and lever for automaticallyclos ing the former by the depression of the latter, and a springnormally maintaining the lever in its elevated position.

3. In a gas-burning fiat-iron heater, the

combination with a grill comprising a shut oii' section, a storagesection, and an 1ntermediate heating section, of a burner located belowthe said heating section, a valve for the burner, pllot-light connectionbetween R the valve and the burner, a valve-'operatmg member normallyprojecting above the plane of the grill in position to be cleared byaflat-iron when the same is in position to be heated, connection betweenthe Silltl valve which is normally open, and the said memher, and aspring for maintaining the said member 111 its normally elevatedpositlon,

whereby when a flat-iron is placed upon the i i said member to depressit the valve will be 1 1 closed and the flame in the burnerextinguished. 4c. In a gas-burning fiat-iron heater, the

combination with a grill, of a burner,

valve therefor, a valve-operating lever pivoted beneath the grillandnormally extending above the plane thereof in position to be clearedby a flat-iron when the same is in position to be heated, avalve-actuating lever between the said valve-operating lever and valve,and a spring normally maintaining the valve-operating lever in itselevated position and the valve open. V

In testimony whereof, I have. signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ROSS G. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses: p

F REDERIO C. EARLE, CLARA L. WEED.

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